HP to set up 4 residential elementary schools for Gujjars

Addressing a meeting of the Gujjar Welfare Board on Tuesday,Himachal Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal announced that the state government is planning to set up four residential elementary schools for children of the Gujjar community.

Addressing a meeting of the Gujjar Welfare Board on Tuesday,Himachal Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal announced that the state government is planning to set up four residential elementary schools for children of the Gujjar community.

Locations for the schools have already been decided,with two slotted for Shahpur and Nurpur in Kangra,and two more in Chamba and Saho. Opening residential schools for nomadic children will foster an atmosphere of mutuality and afford them equal educational opportunities,Dhumal said.

In addition,the government is considering allotting settlement land for nomadic Gujjar families,with the CM listing out bringing the community into mainstream society as one of the priorities of the state.

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Dhumal said that the permanent settlement of Gujjar families will help them integrate into the local social system and lead socially and economically secure lives.

Many Gujjar families have already been provided with land and construction of infrastructural facilities for rehabilitating the remaining are underway,he added.

The Chief Minister said that the state governments policies and programmes are aimed at bettering the status of minority communities in the state,brushing aside the possibility of a fund crunch for the numerous welfare schemes.

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